Wednesday, December 26, 2012

jhansi ki rani laxmi bai zee tv

Ek Veer Stree Ki Kahaani... Jhansi Ki Rani

is a historical television series on Zee TV
created by Contiloe Telefilms. As the title suggests, the story is
based on the life of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi, one of the leading
figures of the Central Indian rebellion of 1858 (which was one of the
last series of actions in the Indian Rebellion of 1857). The series
premiered on August 18, 2009.

Jhansi Ki Rani is the most awarded and most watched Indian historical show.

Jhansi Ki Rani was an experiment Show for the Channel as most of the Channels were roping big Bollywood Stars for TRPs

But Jhansi Ki Rani was the Show that not only gave the Best TRPs but also it gave other Channels an idea to develop Historical Shows & Now all the Hindi Channels are plnning to have a Historical Show.

Plot of The Story

It is a historical show that is about Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi. The show
starts with a girl of 14 years old who plays the role of the younger
version on Rani Lakshmi Bai as she marries Maharaj Ganghadar Rao. The
focus is initially on the childhood story of the Queen and continues
until her death. After a leap, the story focuses on the elder Lakshmibai, played by Kratika Sengar.

Early life

Originally
named Manikarnika and nicknamed Manu, she was born on 19 November 1835
at Kashi (Varanasi)to Karhade Brahmin family, the daughter of Moropant
Tambe and Bhagirathibai Tambe. She lost her mother at the age of four, and was educated at home. Her father, Moropant Tambe, worked at the court of Peshwa at Bithur, who brought her up like his own daughter, and called her "Chhabili" for her light-heartedness.

Because of her father's influence at court,
Rani Lakshmi Bai had more independence than most women, who were
normally restricted to the zenana. She studied self defence,
horsemanship, archery, and even formed her own army out of her female friends at court.
Tatya Tope who was considered as a nightmare by the British during the
'Great Revolt of 1857' was Lakshmi Bai's tutor. She was married to Raja
Gangadhar Rao Newalkar, the Maharaja of Jhansi in 1842, and became the
queen of Jhansi. After their marriage, she was given the name
Lakshmi Bai.The Raja was very affectionate to her. She[2] gave birth to
a son Damodar Rao in 1851. However, the child died when he was about four months old. After the death of their son, the Raja and Rani of Jhansi adopted Anand Rao. Anand Rao was the son of Gangadhar Rao's cousin.He was later renamed as Damodar Rao. However, it is said that the Raja of Jhansi never recovered from his son's death, and he died on 21 November 1853.

Because Anand Rao was adopted, the East India Company, under Governor-General Lord Dalhousie, had an excuse to apply
the Doctrine of Lapse, rejecting Rao's claim to the throne. Dalhousie
then annexed Jhansi, saying that the throne had "lapsed" and claimed the
right to put Jhansi under his protection. In March 1854, she was given a
pension of 60,000 rupees and ordered to leave the palace and the Jhansi
fort.

The 1857 Revolution

On May 10, 1857 the Indian Rebellion started in Meerut. This began after rumours that the new bullet casings for the Lee Enfield
rifles were coated with pork and beef fat; British commanders insisted
on their use and started to discipline anyone who disobeyed. During this
rebellion sepoys killed many British soldiers and officers of the East
India Company.

Unrest began to spread throughout India. During
this chaotic time, the British were forced to focus their attentions
elsewhere, and Lakshmi Bai was essentially left to rule Jhansi alone.
During this time, she was able to lead her troops swiftly and
efficiently to quell skirmishes breaking out in Jhansi. Through this leadership
Lakshmi Bai was able to keep Jhansi relatively calm and peaceful in the
midst of the Empire’s unrest. For example, she conducted the
haldi-kumkum ceremony with great pomp and ceremony before all the women
of Jhansi to provide assurance to her subjects and to convince them that
Jhansi was under no threat of an attack.

Up to
this point, she had been hesitant to rebel against the British, and
there is still some controversy over her role in the massacre of the
British HEIC officials and their wives and children on the 8th June 1857
at Jokhan Bagh.Her hesitation finally ended when British troops arrived
under Sir Hugh Rose and laid siege to Jhansi on 23 March 1858. She
rallied her troops around her and fought fiercely. An army of 20,000,
headed by the rebel leader Tatya Tope, was sent to relieve Jhansi and to
take Lakshmi Bai to freedom. However, the British, though numbering
only 1,540 in the field so as not to break the siege, were better
trained and disciplined than the raw recruits, and these inexperienced
soldiers turned and fled shortly after the British began to attack on
31st March. Lakshmi Bai’s forces could not hold out and three days later the British were able to breach the city walls and capture the city. Lakshmi Bai escaped by jumping from the wall at night with her son and fled from her city, surrounded by her guards, many of them women.

Along
with the young Anand Rao, the Rani decamped to Kalpi along with her
forces where she joined other rebel forces, including those of Tatya
Tope. The Rani and Tatya Tope moved on to Gwalior, where the combined
rebel forces defeated the army of the Maharaja of Gwalior after his
armies deserted the rebel forces. They then occupied a strategic fort at
Gwalior. However, on the 17th of June 1858[5], while battling in full
warrior regalia against the 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars in Kotah-ki
Serai near the Phool Bagh area of Gwalior, she died. The British
captured Gwalior three days later. In the British report of the battle,
General Hugh Rose commented that the Rani, "remarkable for her beauty,
cleverness and perseverance", had been "the most dangerous of all the
rebel leaders".

However, the lack of a corpse to be
convincingly identified as that of Lakshmibai convinced Captain Rheese
that she had not actually perished in the battle for Gwalior, stating
publicly that: "[the] Queen of Jhansi is alive!". It is believed her
funeral was arranged on the same day near the spot where she was
wounded.

Rani was memorialized in bronze statues at Jhansi and
Gwalior, both of which portray her on horseback. Another equestrian
statue can be seen in Agra, UP.

Her father, Moropant Tambey,
was captured and hanged a few days after the fall of Jhansi. Her adopted
son, Damodar Rao (formerly known as Anand Rao), fled with his mother's
aides. Rao was later given a pension by the British Raj and cared for,
although he never received his inheritance. Damodar Rao settled down in
the city of Indore (Madhya Pradesh).
He spent most of his life trying convince the British to restore some
of his rights. He and his descendants took on the last name Jhansiwale.
He died on May 28, 1906, at the age of 58